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Item · May, 1920
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A card featuring information and a photographic print of Arthur Thibaudeau, a 25 year old French-Canadian globe trotter and potential con artist, who claimed to be walking around the world in answer to the challenge of the Revel Athletic Association of Paris, France (a fictional organization). The card claims he had walked more than 52,000 miles on foot and had 24,000 miles left to win the "World's Championship" and the $100,000 prize. Sales of these cards were his "only means of subsistance" and provided purchasers with the rules of the competition.

De Montfort Press
Item · n.d.
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A coverless album of photographs primarily of rural and farming activities. It appears to follow Mr. Scobie, Mr. McArton, Mr. Siemens, Mr. Webb, and Mr. Macalister on a trip to various settler communites in B.C. and Alberta. Numerous shots of livestock, mostly pigs, cows, and horses. Other subjects include trains, tractors, a rodeo in Doe River, B.C., various wood frame buildings, and group portraits.

Item · 1915
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A panoramic image of the 53rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force standing in formation, dated 1915. Some mounted officers can be seen in front and many rows of white tents are visible behind. Two notes on the back, one in pen reads "D. W. Light" and the second in pencil reads "53rd Prince Albert Biv. (bivouac), D.W. Light from Pte. M. Jack Light, Battleford, Sack (Sask)."

Free Press Photo
Item · May 1, 1961
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of small headshots compiled into a large image of members of the Lethbridge Sub-Division of the R. C. M. P. posing in uniform, dated May 1, 1961. The central image is of Inspector P. J. Vaucher. The second and third rows from the bottom also include six men and seven women not in uniform, and addressed as Mr., Mrs., Miss, or "C/M."

Item · n.d.
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A group of eight men posing for a photograph, two standing up on a horse drawn wagon, in the road in front of a building. Sign reads "Burlingham Speers & Trainor." Piles of lumber can be seen stacked behind a fence, along with another building and sign that reads "Nicoll's Drug Store." Notes on verso read "Lobb & Clark - Battleford Creamery, Vi worked there" and "Mrs W E Lamb, Forest Bank, Waseca, Sask."

Item · April 9, 1926
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Vol. I, No. 8 of the Alberta Sun. The headlining article is "Who's Who in the City of Calgary" and features a portrait of Geo. Ingraham, "one of Calgary's best known and most progressive young business men." Other articles include "Government Tells About Future of the Telephone," "Mussolini Showing Italy's Naval Force to Colonials in Tripoli," and "Crews of Ships Smuggle Drugs into Dominion." Numerous advertisements include three full page spreads from Calgary Bond and Security Company, Highland Oil Company, and The Calgary Dry Goods.

Alberta Sun
Item · 1889-03-21 - 1892-05-23
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A book containing copies of outgoing letters from the Southern Alberta Turf Club, an organization that oversaw horse-racing and betting in the Fort Macleod area. The letters mostly deal with business and social matters, and are primarily from club secretary H. M. Cottingham addressed to Sam Steele, Colonel James Macleod, and Sir F. W. Haultain, among others.

Southern Alberta Turf Club
Item · September, 1925 - June 1947
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two year books from "S.N.S." (Saskatoon Normal School) for the school years of 1925-1926 and 1946-1947. They both include composite photographs of graduating students, writing samples and poetry, yearbook staff lists, athletics reports, editorials, and messages from the principal. The 1925-1926 copy has the inscription "Margaret M. Rennie, Room A. S.N.S." on the first page, many handwritten signitures under "Autographs" on pages 56-57, and the signature of orchestra conductor Mrs. Helen Davies Sherry on page 115. The 1946-1947 copy has two newspaper clippings attached to the inside of the front cover reporting on the death of Dr. Frederick James Gathercole, one being from the Leader-Post of Regina, Saskatchewan and dated Tuesday, December 28, 1993. Another clipping on the funeral service for Mrs. E. J. Ouellette is taped to page 34, and an obituary for Michael Joseph Schafer is taped to page 65 underneath his portrait, dated 1947. A retirement notice for Roy Lockert, also clipped from the Leader-Post and dated Friday, July 4, 1980, is attached to page 101. Pages 102-104 contain various other materials taped in including graduation programs, a red heart-shaped autograph book with signatures, and a typed memo on the decision of the Saskatoon Normal School Student's Assembly during their executive meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 1947 to "allot a sum of $50 to the next assembly for the buying of a radio." It also includes advertisements for local businesses.

Students of the Provincial Normal School, Saskatoon
Item · 1916
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Album depicting life in Winnipeg and Manitoba c. 1916. Subjects include portraits, posed and candid individual and group photographs of adults and children, architecture, landscapes, and images of the city streets.

Images of note include: 1 image of the Countess of Dufferin [first steam engine to operate in the prairie provinces]; 2 images of the flooding of the Assiniboine River [Winnipeg floods] dated March 1916; 1 image of the Manitoba Agricultural College building; 2 images of the Dunnottar Yacht Club beach hotel; 1 image of the Dominion Bank in Winnipeg; 1 image of Boy Scout camp at Lake Winnipeg and 2 images of assembled Boy Scouts; and 4 snow/winter scenes taken in Winnipeg.

Item · [1911-1913?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of transcriptions of letters from the writer’s two missionary sisters. One sister was located in Canada and the other in India. The writer mentions that the transcriptions were necessary because many of the letters were written in haste and not easily decipherable. The sister living in India traveled fairly often and taught at an all-girls boarding school. There are several pasted-in photographs and postcards from both sisters, although it appears some may have fallen out of the notebook.

Item · [190-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Black and white [B&W] images that depict various scenes and people in Canada.

Cards include:
Untitled aerial view of city [identified by handwritten caption on verso as Brandon].
"Washing Gold by the "Pan" Process, N.W.T." depicting a man panning gold in a river.
"Chief Day, Blood Indian" depicting the side profile of a Kainai chief.
"Blackfoot Indians" depicting a Siksika family of 3 seated in front of a tipi with a horse.
"Indian and Horse" depicting a man holding a gun seated on a horse.
"Sarcee Indians and Tepee, Alberta" depicting 3 Tsuu T'ina women in front of a tipi.
"Cowboys at Home, N.W.T. - View on Line of Canadian Pacific Railway" depicting approximately 11 men lying together on grass or hay.

The Canada View Company
Item · February 16 - September 1, 1917
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of correspondence from 1917 addressed to Private Alf E. Price during his military service in World War I, consisting of six letters and three additional empty envelopes. In addition, one collection of incomplete correspondence in a single envelope from 1944 that may be unrelated.

Item · 1935 - 1948
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of photographs and postcards from the town of Gimli, Manitoba, ranging from 1935 to 1948. Most photographs are captioned with the names of the subjects and prominently feature members of the Johnson and Arnason families. Common themes include portraits of hockey teams, primarily "The Lake Winnipeg Champions," and a flood in the spring of 1945.

Item · [1930s ?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Poster outlining the details of an upcoming auction for farm stock and implements in the Village of Mildred at Lloyd Delisle’s garage on Saturday, April 14th at 1:30 pm. The year is not mentioned. The poster seems to have been created by the auctioneer, Jas. Murchison for the owner and seller of the products, J.R. Shull. Items for sale include horses and cattle, farm equipment such as wagons, plows, various bells, and assorted furniture. The poster appears to have been printed by The Chronicle in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan.

Murchison, Jas.
Item · [ca. 1950?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A promotional poster for Bineider and Boser, General Merchants, in Huxley, Alberta.

Full-colour art print shows 2 children, a blonde girl in a pink dress holding a picnic basket and a brown-haired boy in a blue collared shirt playing a harmonica, sitting in a field near a tree with red and green leaves. 2 squirrels and 3 blue birds are in the tree. The girl is holding a peanut out towards the animals in the tree.

Bineider and Boser General Merchants
Item · 1945-1946
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

The photo album may have belonged to Robert John Hamilton. Contains several B&W photos of gas and oil fields and equipment, and a handbook clipping regarding oil industry information. The majority of the photo album, however, contains recreational photos of a group of several people travelling, hiking, and camping around the Rocky Mountain areas in Alberta. A mix of scenic photos and portraits. Several notable locations in the Rocky Mountains are photographed such as Mt. Rundle, Lake Louise, Mt. Edith Cavell, and Athabasca Falls.

[Hamilton, Robert John ?]
Item · 1944-1945; 1953-1954
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Collection of photographs depicting life at the Ninette Sanatorium (tuberculosis [TB] hospital) in Manitoba c. 1944-1945 and 1953-1954. Photographs capture various holidays and celebrations, special events, and daily life. Includes posed and candid large and small group shots of patients and doctors, as well as shots of individual patients and couples, and some images of the sanatorium's interior and exterior.

Item · 1936; 1937; 1942-1944; 1948
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Scrapbook [memory book] compiled by Clyde Alexander Currie. Largely consists of photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Royal Canadian Airforce [R.C.A.F] Band based in Winnipeg. Also contains cards, letters, and various printed military ephemera.

Currie, Clyde Alexander
Item · [ca. 1905]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Undated B&W photograph showing the exterior of the Balgonie Hotel in Balgonie, Saskatchewan. A large group of men and boys stand on the street in front of the hotel building. A family of 6 poses on the upper-level balcony. One of the young men posing on the balcony stands on top of the guard rail. The second young man has climbed over the guard rail and stands on the ledge outside of it. The remaining two children are held by their parents inside of the guard rail.

Item · 1930
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An advertisement calendar for "Public Lunch, Wong Pong Prop., Best Eating Place in Town" in Olds, Alberta. Two logos for different Buckingham tobacco products are printed in the bottom left and right corners. Art print is a painting of a woman in a chair with a little boy holding a toy elephant and sitting in her lap while they both look at a yellow bird singing in a hanging cage. It is captioned "Mother's Hour" and the artist's signature has been slightly cropped out but the surname may be "Hintermeister." The print can be lifted from the bottom and underneath is a "List of Premiums" that can be paid for with certain collectable cigarette cards. Calendar contains moon phase information.

Wong Pong Proprietors
Item · 1894
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

photograph of three men on horseback in polo gear from 1854. The note on the back of the photograph indicates that the men are part of the Beaver Creek Polo League. There is a small crowd of people and several wagons in the background. There is also a very faint mark on the photograph in the bottom right corner listing the photographer’s name: A. S. Smith in Calgary, Canada. Sydney Alfred Smyth was a well-known photographer who was active in the late 1800s.

Smyth, S. A.
Item · 1927
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An advertisement calender for "McKercher's, Everything for the Farm and Home, Olds, Alta." Two John Deere logos printed on both the left and right sides. Art print is a painting of a young woman with a loose finger wave hairstyle, and captioned "Joyce" in the bottom left and "Made in U. S. A." in the bottom right. Calendar contains moon phase information.

McKercher's
Item · [November 1, 1980 - December 26, 1981]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A collection of documents and propaganda from an anti-Pierre Trudeau political movement called the "United West Association." Outlines the former Prime Minister's socialist and communist policies and tendencies, and includes income and expense statements, event posters, newsletters, articles (opinion pieces), political cartoons, calls to action, and duplicates and photocopies of book chapters and other printed materials.

United West Association
Item · Jun. 1, 1914
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Two certificates for oil company shares belonging to J. J. McRobbie. The first certificate is No. 757 from the Alberta Pacific Oil Company Limited and the registered office location is listed as Calgary, Alberta. The certificate indicates that McRobbie purchased 20 one-dollar share. The certificate was signed on June 1, 1914, by the secretary and the president of the company. On the back of the certificate is a confirmation section for the number of shares purchased, and a blank transfer of shares notice. The second certificate is No. 8930 from the Prudential Oil and Gas Company and the head office location is listed as Calgary, Alberta. The certificate indicates that McRobbie purchased 25 one-dollar shares in the company. This certificate was signed on June 4, 1914, by the secretary and the president of the company. The back of this certificate is identical to the back of the other.

McRobbie, J. J.
Item · 1950-1960
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A photo album that reads ‘“Dru” and “Jake”’ on the cover. The album contains various familial photographs including five loose photographs of children noting the year and their grade on the back. There are several photographs of people on a farm, various portraits, and a few travel photos from the Banff and Jasper area as well. Nearly all the photographs are captioned with names or comments.